Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I feel confident that Members of the House, given the opportunity, will join with Members of the Senate to afford their fellow-citizens the flail blessings of democracy and liberty.

Context

Letter to the Speaker Urging Consideration of the D.C. Home Rule Bill by the House of Representatives.

08/03/1965

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